McRonald (Tor) Kamata was the perpetual bad guy, readily booed in his famous long-standing feuds with the likes of Cowboy Dan Kroffatt and Abdulluah the Butcher in

the heyday of Stampede Wrestling in the 1970s.

But Kamata, an international star who died on Monday in Saskatoon at age 70, was every bit as popular outside the ring with professional wrestling fans and one of the most colourful and witty characters ever in the sport.